UN approves Algeria-led anti-landmine resolution amid European withdrawals
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday endorsed an Algerian-led initiative urging adherence to the 1997 anti-landmine treaty, amid growing
Widespread outages were reported on Thursday in countries across Africa including South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso.
The cause of the cable failures was not immediately clear, to the frustration of millions of customers around the continent.
The Nigerian Communications Commission which regulates the telecoms industry, said the outage was caused by damage to international undersea cables running along the West African coastline.
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